Saudi Arabia's council of senior clerics issued a statement on Sunday forbidding public protests.
'The Council of Senior Clerics affirms that demonstrations are forbidden in this country. The correct way in sharia (Islamic law) of

Pro-reform clerics in Iran stepped up criticism of the authorities on Sunday after more than a week of unprecedented popular defiance against the leadership of the Islamic Republic.
But in an indication of their determination to crack down

A group of hardline Saudi clerics have called on the Islamic state's new minister of information to halt efforts to liberalise the media by taking Saudi women off state television.
In a statement posted on Saudi websites, the 35 clerics in